Ganguly meets Mamta amid speculations

Kolkata: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee amid intense speculation that he may take over as the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal following the demise of veteran administrator Jagmohan Dalmiya.

Ganguly, who is a joint secretary of the CAB, arrived at the state secretariat along with Dalmiya's son Avishek and held an hour-long meeting with the chief minister. The former India captain, however, refused to comment on whether he would throw his hat as a candidate for the president's post.

“To discuss something like this (three days after his death) is not right. Speculation will be on, someone will run CAB. It's too early to comment because it has just been three days... It's very early to say,” Ganguly said. Condoling Dalmiya's demise, Ganguly said: “I've lost someone very dear.

I've grown up before him since childhood. I had a very personal relation with Dalmiya... He was very special to me, I've lost very important person.” Dalmiya's concluding ritual (shraddh) will be held on October 2 and Avishek said he had come to invite the Chief Minister.

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